Tuesday, September 1, 2009

My #1 from Brasil!

Nothing much for today, just to share with you guys this #1 from Brasil that I got from the eBay. Known as the "Bull's Eyes", or "Olhos de Boi" in Portuguese, it was issued on 1st August 1843.

One reason for the scarcity of these stamps is that on 30th March 1846, the remainder of the Bulleyes (466,711 copies) were burned in the courtyard of the Brazilian Mint.

Another reason is that they were frequently placed on the flap to seal the envelope and therefore were destroyed upon opening of the letter. As a result, only a small fraction of the 856,617 issued are available to philatelists and collectors.

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Good day to you! A warm welcome to my blog! I collect stamps of the first issues (first postage stamp issued by any nations), stamps of U.S.A. & P.R.C. origins and topical stamps of tortoises and turtles. However more often than not, I am swung by beautiful stamps outside my collecting areas! So end of the day, I collect everything (LOL). I am also interested to exchange covers from all corners of the world. So if you are interested, pls do not hesitate to send me a cover to my postal address and i will revert back to you with a beautiful cover from Singapore. Enjoy your stamps!